What Happened in Jan 1996

US Clean Air Act is Amended to Ban the Sale of Leaded Fuel for Use in On-Road Vehicles

The mixture known as gasoline, when used in high compression internal combustion engines, has a tendency to autoignite (detonation) causing a... Read more

"The Rye" - Season 7 Episode 11 of Seinfeld Premiers

"The Rye" is the 121st episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 11th episode for the seventh season. It aired on January 4, 1996. Plot... Read more

Air Africa Plane Crashes into Street Market

On 6 January 1996 an overloaded Air Africa or African Air Antonov An-32B jet leased from Moscow Airways destined for Kahemba Airport failed to... Read more

Packers knock defending Super Bowl Champion 49ers out of playoffs with 27-17 victory

Jan. 6, 1996, at San Francisco. Favre completes 21 of 28 passes for 299 yards and two touchdowns as the Packers knock the defending Super Bowl... Read more

The Fugees Release "Fu-Gee-La" Single

"Fu-Gee-La" is the first single from the Fugees' second album, The Score. The song, which was produced by Salaam Remi, contains a sample of "If... Read more

Accept releases Predator

Predator is the eleventh studio album release by German heavy metal band Accept. It was released in 1996, produced by Michael Wagener and recorded... Read more

Lisa Marie Presley divorces Michael Jackson.

Presley and Jackson divorced less than two years after getting married in the midst of Jackson's child sexual abuse scandal and, at the time, it... Read more

Radiohead releases "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" single

"Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (commonly referred to as "Street Spirit") is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, featured on their 1995... Read more

"Big Night" Is Released

Big Night is a 1996 American motion picture drama with comedic overtones directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci. Produced by Jonathan Filley... Read more

Jonathan Larson Dies

Jonathan Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American composer and playwright noted for the serious social issues of... Read more

"The Caddy" - Season 7 Episode 12 of Seinfeld First Airs

"The Caddy" is the 122nd episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 12th episode for the 7th season. It aired on January 25, 1996. Plot... Read more

The Bouncing Souls release Maniacal Laughter

Maniacal Laughter is The Bouncing Souls' second full-length album, which includes "The Ballad Of Johnny X," and "Here We Go," the latter of which... Read more

Cowboys Beat Steelers 27-17 In Super Bowl XXX

Super Bowl XXX began with Dallas wide receiver Kevin Williams returning the opening kickoff 18 yards to the 29-yard line. On Dallas' first... Read more

Magic Johnson Returns to Playing for the Lakers

He returned to the NBA as coach of the Lakers near the end of the 1993–94 NBA season, replacing Randy Pfund. After losing five of six games,... Read more

Ministry release Filth Pig

Filth Pig is the sixth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1996 on Warner Bros. Records. The title was allegedly derived... Read more

Napalm Death release Diatribes

Diatribes is the sixth album by Napalm Death, originally released in 1996 on Earache Records. This album was their final UK album chart entry,... Read more